Johnson Newspaper Corp. To Close Massena, New York Printing Plant (mediapost.com)

Sun Chemical today announced an innovative new range of durable UV varnishes for enhancing the label resistance of HP Indigo digitally printed pressure-sensitive labels for products such as personal care, household, chemical, beverage, and pharma applications. The new range of varnishes was specifically formulated to provide adhesion to HP Indigo ElectroInk and has been designed to provide high levels of mechanical durability on HP Indigo printed labels. Furthermore, the solution delivers mechanical, chemical, water and thermal resistance withstanding vigorous bottle-to-bottle scuffing test, making the range the ideal choice for ensuring high durability, and in some instances offering a cost-effective and benefit from sustainability advantages alternative to cumbersome lamination processes. The new varnishes promote cross-linking with the HP Indigo ElectroInk and the primer layer to deliver improved physical properties and high durability in challenging applications. The new set of varnishes are a press-ready solution and do not require the addition of any press-side additives for ease of use. Ensuring consistent durable labels time after time, the range can be printed using standard UV coating equipment.

CJK Group, Inc. is pleased to announce that it has acquired Accucoms, the leading provider of sales and marketing services to academic and professional publishers, and integrated it with its comprehensive content solutions subsidiary, KnowledgeWorks Global Ltd. (KGL). Based in the Netherlands with teams operating in the UK, Europe, North America, Latin America, Middle East and North Africa, Turkey, India, China, South Korea and Southeast Asia, Accucoms specializes in global representation, tele-sales, training, and business intelligence services for clients ranging from large publishing houses to specialist society publishers. With a strong presence in key markets, Accucoms connects publishers with libraries and other information users to help expand their reach and impact.

While visiting EastPack, Frank is unsurprisingly drawn to a booth called "The Museum of Interesting Things" and talks to Denny Daniel who shows him some of the cool things in their collection.